a visit from a dragon fly

I'm accustomed to seeing dragon flies that are unbelievably blue.

Our yard, that place where I had a garden and yard filled with flying mosquitos,

was often quite a show of blue and black swooping and dancing. 

 

 

Several weeks ago we emptied the pool and had quite a flood going on in the backyard.

As we sat outside in the afternoon watching the earth blowing bubbles as the water found

pockets in the earth, we were treated to a visit from a dragon fly.

A single dragon fly.

Perhaps she thought all that water meant a feast for her.

She was wrong.

She did give us quite a show, always coming back to land on this one dead stick.

 

She turned this way and that, seeming to watch my camera lens as I tried to capture her

light coloring against an even lighter sky.

 

 

At times she played coy, hiding her face behind those beautiful wings of hers.

 

Finally she turned for a final shot.

Maybe it was her sign that she was leaving,

hoping to find an uncared for pool that is a breeding ground.

Find a place where there was a feast.

Perhaps she was resting for the acrobatic show she would

bring to the next home at which she stopped.

For she rested ....

 



 

 and then she was gone.